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19691681941969. unbound. very good. 4 page single-spaced carbon typescript of an unpublished short story. Presentation copy with a four word inscription in Greek. Undated. Subtitled "A Christmas Story" this scatalogical tale was apparently sent to a few friends as a keepsake.<br/><br/> unknown books
JD30040first edition. NY Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> First and only edition No. 7 of only 60 copies printed by Ward Ritchie with its original white paper envelope which is also No. 7 the first 10 copies went to Steinbeck with the remainder going to the Cohns House of Books for Christmas gift presentation this elusive "A" item is a letter from Steinbeck to Arnold Gingrich editor of "Esquire" thanking him for sending a watch as a gift the letter is full of Steinbeck's typical humor noting that he had expected a watch when he graduated from high school but none was forthcoming and since he didn't actually graduate from Stanford University he likewise hadn't received a watch as a gift Goldstone & Payne A26a Morrow 199 and 200. Fine. paperback books
JD30899first edition. NY Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947 first edition wrappers. Softcover. <br/><br/> First and only edition this is supposed to be one of 60 numbered copies printed by Ward Ritchie with the first 10 copies going to Steinbeck with the remainder going to the Cohns House of Books for Christmas gift presentation however this is numbered as copy No. 61 being Ward Ritchie's own personal copy noted as being purchased from him by the legendary Serendipity Books in Berkeley CA a pencil note by Serendipity's Peter B. Howard indicates that he purchased the book from Ritchie June 16 1986 this elusive "A" item is a letter from Steinbeck to Arnold Gingrich editor of "Esquire" thanking him for sending a watch as a gift the letter is full of Steinbeck's typical humor noting that he had expected a watch when he graduated from high school but none was forthcoming and since he didn't actually graduate from Stanford University he likewise hadn't received a watch as a gift Goldstone & Payne A26a Morrow 199 and 200 now housed in a custom clam-shell case. Fine. paperback books
1947WRCLIT67696New York: Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn 1947. 62pp. Small octavo. Sewn printed wrappers. Decorated title-page. Fine in original envelope. Enclosed in an extravagant full dark blue morocco slipcase gilt extra with silk lined folding insert. First edition. Copy #10 of sixty numbered copies and some out-of-series copies privately printed at the Ward Ritchie Press as the Cohns' Christmas greeting for the year. The first ten copies - of which this example must be counted - were reserved for Steinbeck and the remaining fifty for distribution by the Cohns. The text of a 1938 extended letter by Steinbeck. GOLDSTONE & PAYNE A26a. Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn] unknown books
1947228021New York Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn Christmas 1947. 1947. First edition. 12mo. Title page printed in red and black. Original stitched printed buff wrappers. Fine fresh copy. No signatures. One of only 60 copies out of series. Ward Ritchie's copy with his small bookplate. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press Los Angeles California. Goldstone & Payne A26a. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. [New York, Marguerite and Louis Henry Cohn] Christmas, 1947. paperback books
1941175161New York: The Viking Press 1941. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Includes 136 photographs from the film of the same name taken by Herbert Kline and associates. An about near fine copy in oatmeal colored cloth binding with one former owner signature inked over by another former owner signature on the front free endpaper in an about very good dust jacket that has some wear chips tears and edge wear. Despite the flaws a solid cop of an underappreciated book from the author of "The Grapes of Wraith" and "Of Mice and Men. The Viking Press unknown books
1941159639New York: The Viking Press 1941. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Includes 136 photographs from the film of the same name taken by Herbert Kline and associates. An about very good copy in oatmeal boards that are somewhat soiled with some internal foxing and a gift inscription to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A solid copy. The Viking Press unknown books
1941273478New York: Viking 1941. First. hardcover. fine/fine. 136 photographs from the film of the same name. 4to pictorial linen d.w. New York: Viking Press 1941. First edition.<br/><br/> Unusually fine condition with one of the usual browning of the end-leaves in a price intact dust jacket.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
1941273495New York: Viking 1941. First. hardcover. near fine/very good. 136 photographs from the film of the same name. 4to pictorial linen chipped d.w. New York:Viking Press 1941. First edition.<br/><br/> The dust wrapper is price-clipped lightly edge-worn and chipped; end-leaves browned; gift inscription opposite the half-title.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
1941273171New York: Viking 1941. First. hardcover. very good/very good-. 136 photographs from the film of the same name. 4to pictorial linen chipped d.w. New York:Viking Press 1941. First edition. Cloth spine a bit sunned and top edge slightly spotty.<br/><br/> The dust wrapper is price-clipped lightly edge-worn with a chip at the top of the spine; end-leaves browned.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
19410184New York: The Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto. Life in a Mexican Village with photographs from the motion picture directed by Herbert Kline. 143pp. Bound in beige pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in green top edge green; a clean bright copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light chipping to head and top right corner. In all a very good copy. <br/><br/> The Viking Press hardcover books
1941001930Viking Press 1941 1941. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. F/NF with minor wear and tear. Viking Press, 1941 hardcover books
194114624New York: Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good /very good . 4to. Coarse beige cloth green line drawing to front lettering at spine. In original illustrated photographic dust jacket. Unclipped. Jacket mildly toned chipped at upper edge front. Spine ends lightly worn two small open tears to upper rear. Cloth with foxing at gutters upper corners lightly bumped overall square clean. Interior endpapers lightly toned previous owner's bookplate mounted to first pastedown. Overall clean sound unmarked. <br/><br/>First printing profusely illustrated with photograph reproductions from a 1941 film of the same name. 143pp. Goldstone and Payne A14a Viking Press hardcover books
194179640New York: Viking Press 1941. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. photos 143p. Original cloth. dj. 26cm. Jacket has edge-wear and chipping as well as some minor stains and a few short tears. <br/><br/> Viking Press hardcover books
194118157New York: Viking Press 1941. First edition. With 136 photographs from the film of the same name by Rosa harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid. 143 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket price clipped and slightly chipped at head and foot of spine else a fine copy. First edition. With 136 photographs from the film of the same name by Rosa harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid. 143 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Viking Press unknown books
1941160394New York: The Viking Press 1941. Octavo original pictorial tan buckram stamped in green top edge stained green. First edition. Goldstone and Payne A14a. A very good or better copy in about good dust jacket with wear and shallow chipping along top and bottom edges soiling to rear panel and clipped price. #160394 The Viking Press unknown books
19412685New York: Viking Press 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated by 136 photographs from the film by Herbert Kline. Much nicer than usual copy of a relatively common book very prone to wear. Front panel of dust jacket is very bright. Rear panel of DJ with light toning spine ends of jacket rubbed. <br/><br/> Viking Press hardcover books
1941123137New York: The Viking Press 1941. First edition of the companion volume to the 1941 documentary film written by Steinbeck and directed by Herbert Kline. Quarto original cloth illustrated with 136 photographs from the film. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Photographs by Herbert Kline and Associates. Here the author of The Grapes of Wrath and director of Crisis and Lights Out in Europe combine their superb talents to tell the story of the coming of modern medicine to the natives of Mexico. There have been several notable examples of this pen-camera method of narration but The Forgotten Village is unique among them in that Steinbeck wrote the text before a single picture was shot. The book and the movie from which The Forgotten Village was made have a continuity and a dramatic growth not to be found in typical documentary films of the time. The Viking Press hardcover books
003252Viking Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition 1941. Book near fine except for slight edgewear slight discoloration on end-papers and fore-edge of pages tiny price-sticker on rear paste-down. DJ near fine with slight rubbing at top of spine tiny tear near top of front very slight discoloration along top edges and inside DJ. Wonderful extensive 136 b/w photographs from the movie of the same name by Rosa Harvan Kline and Alexander Hackensmid. Viking Press hardcover books
194131645New York: Viking 1941. First edition. Grey cloth very good copy in lightly worn dust jacket. <br/><br/> Viking hardcover books
193931307New York: Viking Press 1939. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/good . Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. Stated seventh printing of Steinbeck's classic novel of Depression era America. Source for the film of the same name starring Henry Fonda. In a stated seventh printing dustwrapper. Bookplate afixed to the inside front pastedown. Small stains to the top edge. A well-bound copy. The price-intact dustwrapper $2.75 is chipped and worn about the edges and particularly at the spine tips. Wrapper art by Elmer Hader. Still a decent copy of an early printing. This seventh printing was published a mere two months after the first. Viking Press unknown books
1939299848London: Heinemann 1939. hardcover. fine. 8vo re-bound in full beige morocco black leather spine label. New York: Viking 1939. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Heinemann unknown books
193916177JNew York: Viking Press 1939. First Edition First Issue. From the library of Harpo Marx the endearing clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARX.†Fine clean copy in a very good bright dust jacket with a few small mends by an expert paper conservationist. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An American literary landmark and the basis of the acclaimed film starring Henry Fonda directed by John Ford. Viking Press unknown books
193916176JNew York: Viking 1939. First Edition First Printing. With the bookplate of Albert E. Smith film pioneer and founder of Vitagraph Studios. The engraved bookplate shows the Vitagraph logo of an eagle with wings spread hovering over the earth globe which has a large letter V in the center beneath which is a shelf of books. Fine clean copy in a very good dust jacket with some restoration by an expert paper conservationist. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An American literary landmark and the basis of the acclaimed 1940 film classic starring Henry Fonda John Carradine Jane Darwell directed by John Ford. Viking unknown books
19392101037Viking Press 1939. fifth. hardcover. near fine. Fifth edition published one month after the first edition as stated on copyright page May 1939. One of ten leatherbound presentation copies signed by Steinbeck on a laid-in slip inscribed to Elyse. Book near fine. Housed in a custom-made fold-out case. Viking Press unknown books